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The Working Poor and Living on Minimum Wage
"Nobody who works hard should be poor in America." -- David Shipler Awhile back I wrote about the workers of Netflix and their $ per hour jobs. Most of the…
Helena, The L Word, and The M Word
"I've been rich and I've been poor. Rich is better." -- Sophie Tucker Jeanine and I finally caught the replay last night of The L Word's premiere of Season 4.…
Seven Money Questions for Queercents
"If you have two loaves of bread, sell one and buy a lily" -- Chinese Proverb At times it's nice to have the tables turned on you. Andrea Dickson at…
Queercents introduces John Montesdeoca
"Our destiny changes with our thought; we shall become what we wish to become, do what we wish to do, when our habitual thought corresponds with our desire." -- Orison…
Ten Money Questions for Lane Hudson
Last September, blogger Lane Hudson posted improper e-mails sent by Mark Foley to a congressional page. This set in motion a chain of events that resulted in the Republican decline…
The Difference between Debt Consolidation and Debt Settlement
"Debt is the worst poverty." -- Thomas Fuller Got Debt? In this day and age, many people have consumer debt and typically this means credit card debt. Peter Berkery at…
The Small House Movement vs. Big, Bad Houses
"If size did matter, the dinosaurs would still be alive." -- Wendelin Wiedeking On Sunday, Arrol Gellner, an architect and syndicated columnist, wrote an article that appeared in the LA…
Setting Goals: Realistic, Routine and Socially Binding
"Whatever the mind can conceive and believe, it can achieve." -- Napoleon Hill Émile Coué is the father of autosuggestion and according to Wikipedia, "Autosuggestion is a process by which…
Ten Money Questions for Stewart Lewis
Stewart Lewis has many talents: he writes novels and makes music. He is what the world would label a creative type. As you'll learn below, his bank account has grown…
WWYD: Exploiting Return Policies
In this week's "What Would You Do" series, I thought we could tackle the topic of merchandise returns. We all probably received something over the holidays that we want to…